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Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako addresses the faithful during the Palm Sunday service at Mar Youssif Church in Baghdad, Iraq. AP

Iraq must do more to protect Christians, says country's top Catholic official

Cardinal Sako urges authorities to work towards safeguarding Christian rights

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Iraq's electricity disrupted after Iran halts gas supplies

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AnalysisPower plays frustrate Iraq’s militia disarmament effort

US envoy says disarming Iraqi militias must involve binding national framework

Is the era of militias in the Arab world finally ending? Iraq may have just said so

Pressure on Syria to quell extremists after killing of US troops



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  • Narin Guran was eight years old when she was murdered in her home village of Tavsantepe in south-eastern Turkey's Diyarbakir province last year. Lizzie Porter/ The National

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  • (FILES) Gold bullion bars are pictured after being inspected and polished at the ABC Refinery in Sydney on August 5, 2020. Gold prices broke past $4,500 in Asian trade on December 24, 2025 on optimism that the Federal Reserve will continue cutting interest rates next year, and amid rising tensions between the United States and Venezuela. (Photo by DAVID GRAY / AFP)

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Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al Sudani receives UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. Iraq News Agency

Guterres visits Iraq to mark end of UN assistance mission

Mandate to end after 22 years as Baghdad moves toward full responsibility

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Barham Salih speaks during the 76th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York, in September 2021. Reuters

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Judge Faiq Zaidan, the head of the Iraqi Supreme Judicial Council, issued a directive calling for opponents of the political system to face legal action. AFP

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At least two killed as flash floods sweep across Iraq’s Kurdistan region

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Pledge for cross-Middle East smuggling fight at Baghdad drugs talks

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Iraqi currency trader Ali Ghulam at his home in London. Photo: Gabriella Demczuk

ExclusiveIraqi tycoon to fight against US sanctions from London base

Ali Ghulam is accused of financing IRGC, but wants to resolve any threat to his fortune

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Chaos as Iraq announces then retracts terror listing for Hezbollah and Houthis

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Two drones used to attack Khor Mor gasfield in Iraq’s Kurdistan region

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Iraq open Fifa Arab Cup with win as UAE lose after red card

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Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al Sudani casts his vote in the country's parliamentary election. in Baghdad. AP

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Race for prime minister's position ongoing amid heated negotiations between political blocs

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Iraq and Syria seize drugs in joint operation to break smuggling networks

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US envoy tells Iraqi PM of 'essential' role Baghdad can play in regional growth

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Operations resume at Iraq’s Khor Mor gasfield after drone strike

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Weaponising energy: Khor Mor attacks expose Iraq’s power struggles

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Facilities damaged in the rocket attack on Khor Mor gasfield, in Sulaymaniyah province, in Iraq's Kurdish Region. Reuters

Weaponising energy: Khor Mor attacks expose Iraq’s power struggles

Energy infrastructure has become one of the country's most politically contested battlefields

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Drone strike shuts down Iraq's Khor Mor gasfield, causing widespread blackouts

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